Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ⱡ has the Unicode code point U+2C61. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0800to0xffff.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format:1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
Where thexare the payload bits.UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range Codepoint Range Bytes Bit pattern Payload length U+0000 - U+007F 1 0xxxxxxx 7 bits U+0080 - U+07FF 2 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx 11 bits U+0800 - U+FFFF 3 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 16 bits U+10000 - U+10FFFF 4 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 21 bits Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:
Convert the hexadecimal code point U+2C61 to binary:
00101100 01100001. Those are the payload bits.Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:
Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
11100010 10110001 10100001
LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH DOUBLE BAR·U+2C61
ⱡ
Character Information
Code Point
U+2C61
HEX
2C61
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 B1 A1 | 11100010 10110001 10100001 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 2C 61 | 00101100 01100001 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 61 2C | 01100001 00101100 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 2C 61 | 00000000 00000000 00101100 01100001 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 61 2C 00 00 | 01100001 00101100 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ⱡ
URI Encoded
%E2%B1%A1
Description
The Unicode character U+2C61, also known as LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH DOUBLE BAR, plays a unique role in digital text. It is specifically designed to distinguish the sound of "L" when it appears with a double bar over it. Typically used in linguistic studies and phonetic transcriptions, this character helps to differentiate between similar-sounding letters and their respective phonemes. In certain African languages like Zulu and Xhosa, as well as the Nigerian Pidgin English, this character is quite prevalent. It doesn't have a typical usage in general writing or typography but serves as an essential tool for linguists and researchers to precisely transcribe sounds from these regions.
How to type the ⱡ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 11361 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.